Screw cutting nipper



May 28, 1940. N T 2,202,340

SCREW CUTTING NIPPER Filed Oct. 18, 1938 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 28, 1940 UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE somzw CUTTING NIPPER Jacob Faist, GlosterQN. .1. Application October '18, 1938, Serial No. 235,679

' 1 Claim.- (01. 20-186) This invention relates to screw cutting nippers and has for an object to provide a device ofthis character particularly adapted for use in cutting off the ends of screws, rivets or dowel pins after 5 they have been fastened into the frames or mountings on eyeglasses.

A further object is to provide a n pper having a fiat projecting front cutting portion of the jaws, the jaws being cut awayunderneath these- 10 cutting portions to provide sufiicient clearance when cutting off the screws on bridge mountings where the pad arms are close to the straps.

A further object is to providea nipper of this character which will be inexpensive to manu- 15 facture, which will be strong and durable, and

which will not easily get out of order. 7

With the above and other objects in view the invention consistsof certain novel details of'construction and combinations of parts hereinafter;

fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawmg forming part of 25 this specification,

,Figure 1 is a'perspective view of an optical screw cutting nipper, constructed in accordance with the invention. 1

Figure 2 is a plan view of the nipper shown in Figure 1. I v

Figure 3 isa detailcross sectional view taken onthe line 33 .of Figure 2 showing the fiat projecting portion of the jaws cut away to provide clearance below the jaws.

' 35 Figure 4 is a fragmentary end elevation of the nippers shown in Figure 1'. v Referring now tov the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, the screw cutting nipper in- 40 cludes a pair of crossed handles l0 pivotally connected together at their crossing through the mediumof a pivot pin ll. Theouter end portions of the handles are turned inwardly toward each other beyond the pivot to provide jaws l2 which "are sharpened to form cutting edges l3.

The front ends of the jaws project forwardly beyond the faces of the handles as best shown in Figure 2, to provide screw cutting jaws l4 while 5- the jaws I2 maybeused to cut rivets, dowel pins or other work requiring strong cutting edges. The screw cutting jaws M are provided with fiat upper'faces l5 which reduce the thickness of the jaws so .that these relatively thin jawsmay be sharpened to a fine edge and at the same time may be easily inserted in close almost inaccessible places for cutting off screws such as thescrews and bridge mountings of eye glasses wherever the pads are close to the straps.

--By referring to Figure 3 it will be'seen that 'theunderneath faces of the strong cutting jaws 12 and the thin screw cutting jaws I4, are cut away as shown at IE, to provide suflicient clear ance for screw heads and projecting parts onzo work from which minute screws must be severed. I

From the above, description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

' Whatis claimed is:

A nipper comprising, a pair of crossedhandles pivotally connected together at their crossing, the outer end portions of thehandles being'turned inwardly toward each other beyond the pivot and 1 inner sides to provide clearance for screw heads and projecting parts on work from which screws must be severed.

JACOB FAIST. 

